Department for Work and Pensions

Local Government Finance

the earl of shrewsbury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what funds from central Government are available currently to local authorities in relation to (1) the integrated supported living model of adult care, and (2) Housing Benefit.

baroness stedman-scott: 1) In 2020-21, the Government has given local authorities access to almost £6 billion of dedicated funding across adult and children’s social care. This includes: a) £1 billion of new grant funding for adults and children’s social care; b) Consulting on a 2% council tax precept for adult social care, which will enable councils to access a further £500 million; c) The continuation of existing social care grant funding worth £2.5 billion, through the improved Better Care Fund (iBCF) and Social Care Grant. 2) The total national funding available to local authorities in order to administer Housing Benefit for this year (2019/20) is £256.1 million.